From epi and ginomai; to arrive upon, i.e. Spring up (as a wind) -- blow.
see GREEK epi
see GREEK ginomai
1. to become or happen afterward; to be born after.
2. to come to, arrive: of time, τεσσαρεσκαιδεκάτῃ νύξ ἐπεγενετο, Acts 27:27 L (stereotyped edition), T (editions 2, 7); (ἔαρος ἐπιγίγνεται ὤρη, Homer, Iliad 6,148).
3. to arise, spring up, come on: ἐπιγενομένου νότου, a south wind having sprung up, Acts 28:13; (Thucydides 3, 74; 4, 30).